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India This Evening: After Hisar ‘victory’, Team Anna to focus on UP polls

Here is a roundup of news from Indian newspapers, news wires and websites on Tuesday, October 18, 2011. The Wall Street Journal has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

After Hisar ‘victory’, Team Anna to focus on UP polls: Three-time MP and Congress candidate for the Hisar Lok Sabha byelection Jai Parkash lost his security deposit after the results were declared on Monday, prompting social activist Anna Hazare to advise the Congress to draw its lessons from the defeat. (Source: Hindustan Times)

Sensex drops 1.6%; TCS falls the most in 2 years: Indian shares fell 1.6 per cent to their lowest close in two weeks on Tuesday, with export-driven Tata Consultancy Services sliding the most in more than two years over uncertain global economic outlook. (Source: The Economic Times)

Yeddyurappa fine, to be back in prison: Unlike many other jailed politicians, he will not be able to enjoy a long stay in hospital and will be discharged on Tuesday. The angiogram performed on him did not show any blockage in his heart. (Source: India Today)

JLR to assemble Jaguar XF and Range Rover Evoque in India: Tata Motors-owned British marquee Jaguar Land Rover is revving up to assemble two more models in India, which will increase its competitiveness in the fast-growing domestic luxury automotive market. (Source: The Economic Times)

Bangalore: Alarming rise in substance abuse among kids: The trend of kids in the city turning up at de-addiction centers for help after prolonged addiction to whitener and adhesives has been seeing an alarming rise and the facts will definitely shock concerned parents. (Source: NDTV)

Vijay Mallya’s white house in the sky: Mumbai can boast of Mukesh Ambani’s $1 billion Antilla, Delhi has its Lutyens’ patch, and now Bengaluru gets a billionaire’s wonder – a White House in the sky. (Source: The Times of India)